Lead Paint Risk in Harris County, Texas

38.1%Pre-1978 Housing

718,323Pre-1978 Units

1,884,607Total Housing Units

1115Census Tracts

How to Interpret This

This is an area-level screening signal based on Census housing-age data. It does not confirm lead paint in any specific home. Homes built before 1978 may contain lead-based paint, and certified inspection or testing is the only way to confirm a property-level hazard.

Reporter / Resident Story Kit

718,323 housing units in Harris County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 38.1%, compared with the state rate of 34.4%.
Local questions: Which neighborhoods have the oldest housing stock? Are lead-safe renovation resources available? Do renters and families with young children know how to request testing?

Highest-Risk Census Tracts

Individual census tracts ranked by pre-1978 housing percentage. Showing the top 100 of 1115 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 3209.02	1,218	1,236	98.5%	211	220	771	0	16
Census Tract 2316	1,135	1,155	98.3%	96	581	400	50	8
Census Tract 5314	980	1,004	97.6%	330	318	332	0	0
Census Tract 3238.01	1,146	1,175	97.5%	263	542	318	0	23
Census Tract 2225.05	876	899	97.4%	408	395	19	41	13
Census Tract 4220	1,016	1,044	97.3%	58	346	612	0	0
Census Tract 4230.02	1,270	1,316	96.5%	667	506	66	0	31
Census Tract 3407.01	1,450	1,509	96.1%	781	579	3	87	0
Census Tract 3206.01	771	804	95.9%	43	130	350	234	14
Census Tract 2332	1,855	1,952	95.0%	226	506	995	70	58
Census Tract 4333	1,802	1,905	94.6%	162	1,538	65	32	5
Census Tract 2125	1,547	1,643	94.2%	33	197	1,139	145	33
Census Tract 2330.03	793	842	94.2%	479	298	16	0	0
Census Tract 4232.01	873	927	94.2%	734	96	35	0	8
Census Tract 2213.01	1,169	1,249	93.6%	43	274	539	313	0
Census Tract 4206	951	1,016	93.6%	6	361	535	49	0
Census Tract 4227.02	1,088	1,165	93.4%	82	437	555	14	0
Census Tract 4221	2,236	2,400	93.2%	470	1,183	557	26	0
Census Tract 2315	979	1,052	93.1%	92	390	459	0	38
Census Tract 3205	1,180	1,273	92.7%	55	191	892	0	42
Census Tract 3110.01	1,070	1,156	92.6%	81	79	171	214	525
Census Tract 5335	1,168	1,264	92.4%	394	619	139	16	0
Census Tract 3329	1,520	1,647	92.3%	159	320	444	535	62
Census Tract 3324	1,319	1,431	92.2%	102	210	736	254	17
Census Tract 4227.01	1,730	1,877	92.2%	231	567	913	19	0
Census Tract 2216.01	813	883	92.1%	44	718	51	0	0
Census Tract 4326	928	1,010	91.9%	514	351	59	0	4
Census Tract 2337.03	802	874	91.8%	24	238	457	83	0
Census Tract 2337.01	1,387	1,513	91.7%	45	148	836	329	29
Census Tract 3322	1,548	1,688	91.7%	165	176	850	279	78
Census Tract 3128	812	886	91.6%	44	44	148	292	284
Census Tract 3107	1,576	1,725	91.4%	257	155	452	330	382
Census Tract 3113	1,311	1,434	91.4%	75	212	247	633	144
Census Tract 2203	1,239	1,357	91.3%	117	220	535	230	137
Census Tract 3228	1,610	1,766	91.2%	109	275	1,148	78	0
Census Tract 4219	971	1,066	91.1%	24	715	227	5	0
Census Tract 5215.02	1,003	1,102	91.0%	41	437	518	7	0
Census Tract 2326	976	1,075	90.8%	182	487	246	61	0
Census Tract 2337.02	786	866	90.8%	98	47	524	105	12
Census Tract 3219	1,434	1,583	90.6%	135	258	847	156	38
Census Tract 2335.01	1,211	1,346	90.0%	27	410	535	239	0
Census Tract 5222.01	1,330	1,481	89.8%	652	489	93	96	0
Census Tract 5334.01	1,306	1,456	89.7%	909	322	52	12	11
Census Tract 2119	1,603	1,789	89.6%	184	173	381	679	186
Census Tract 4401.01	975	1,088	89.6%	777	11	187	0	0
Census Tract 4218.02	1,011	1,130	89.5%	123	477	283	15	113
Census Tract 5215.01	773	864	89.5%	351	316	106	0	0
Census Tract 2220	480	537	89.4%	60	57	242	110	11
Census Tract 3330	1,010	1,132	89.2%	96	281	309	265	59
Census Tract 3507	761	853	89.2%	595	155	11	0	0
Census Tract 3213.02	523	587	89.1%	112	344	67	0	0
Census Tract 2108	964	1,084	88.9%	37	105	223	330	269
Census Tract 3332.03	935	1,055	88.6%	346	505	84	0	0
Census Tract 4530.02	1,260	1,424	88.5%	440	751	57	12	0
Census Tract 4327.04	615	696	88.4%	195	315	105	0	0
Census Tract 3326	2,136	2,418	88.3%	580	367	1,168	0	21
Census Tract 5322	1,387	1,574	88.1%	1,213	148	26	0	0
Census Tract 2543	1,747	1,987	87.9%	393	218	681	353	102
Census Tract 3332.05	691	786	87.9%	485	174	17	0	15
Census Tract 3119	601	685	87.7%	38	29	91	280	163
Census Tract 4513.02	1,115	1,272	87.7%	869	216	11	0	19
Census Tract 2202	757	865	87.5%	49	140	242	142	184
Census Tract 3233	1,073	1,226	87.5%	199	204	479	93	98
Census Tract 5337.02	793	906	87.5%	732	61	0	0	0
Census Tract 2214	1,831	2,096	87.4%	322	669	584	256	0
Census Tract 3323	977	1,118	87.4%	106	202	649	17	3
Census Tract 4226.02	868	994	87.3%	140	99	612	17	0
Census Tract 2304	1,311	1,504	87.2%	261	247	526	222	55
Census Tract 4330.07	546	627	87.1%	363	108	75	0	0
Census Tract 5340.02	1,272	1,461	87.1%	1,134	77	61	0	0
Census Tract 2305	1,191	1,371	86.9%	57	329	296	292	217
Census Tract 3242	345	399	86.5%	0	36	131	160	18
Census Tract 3332.01	1,785	2,066	86.4%	812	331	642	0	0
Census Tract 3405.02	1,018	1,178	86.4%	574	367	0	21	56
Census Tract 2117	1,397	1,619	86.3%	65	407	439	232	254
Census Tract 3319	1,237	1,433	86.3%	82	205	933	10	7
Census Tract 3217	936	1,087	86.1%	86	213	634	3	0
Census Tract 2106	2,197	2,559	85.9%	111	207	597	746	536
Census Tract 2115.01	916	1,066	85.9%	61	10	349	317	179
Census Tract 2333	1,265	1,472	85.9%	192	76	633	310	54
Census Tract 2124	857	999	85.8%	131	64	362	202	98
Census Tract 3209.01	1,278	1,490	85.8%	632	55	591	0	0
Census Tract 4218.01	1,181	1,378	85.7%	409	358	414	0	0
Census Tract 2213.02	977	1,143	85.5%	19	178	605	135	40
Census Tract 3234	1,924	2,252	85.4%	380	647	840	57	0
Census Tract 3336	997	1,168	85.4%	137	97	267	250	246
Census Tract 3502.01	957	1,123	85.2%	683	274	0	0	0
Census Tract 5114	1,318	1,554	84.8%	11	21	31	136	1,119
Census Tract 3137	917	1,086	84.4%	33	43	482	359	0
Census Tract 2308	865	1,027	84.2%	5	114	491	209	46
Census Tract 3218	950	1,130	84.1%	61	122	741	26	0
Census Tract 3229	1,016	1,208	84.1%	220	205	381	203	7
Census Tract 2104	1,486	1,770	84.0%	147	328	273	241	497
Census Tract 4207	908	1,084	83.8%	25	403	474	0	6
Census Tract 4212.06	754	900	83.8%	585	109	20	0	40
Census Tract 5224.01	2,178	2,601	83.7%	513	870	771	0	24
Census Tract 3130	1,368	1,638	83.5%	63	277	153	360	515
Census Tract 3321	820	983	83.4%	141	110	399	77	93
Census Tract 2301	574	690	83.2%	94	104	148	149	79
Census Tract 2306	876	1,053	83.2%	64	247	291	125	149